How Do You Plan A Perennial Flower Bed?
With proper preparation and planning, you can easily plan a perennial flower bed that give you joy for many years to come. Begin by selecting the area that you would like to use for your perennial flower bed. Try to make it free-flowing and natural looking. If you are new at perennial gardening, try a small area at first, so you don’t get overwhelmed. If you are making a free-form flower bed, use your 100′ garden hose to lay out the edge of the bed. You can make adjustments to the layout very easily. If the area of your bed currently includes grass, you will want to carefully spray the entire area with Roundup and wait a few days for the grass and weeds to die. Now you can mark the edge of the bed with a can of contractor marking spray. You can also go around the perimeter of the bed with a a straight-bladed shovel and make a straight vertical cut, carefully following the curvature of the hose. The depth of the cut should be 8 to 10″, minimum. Now work the entire area with a rototiller
